Plans for new album reported

In late 2010, Billboard reported that Apple was planning to release a new album in spring 2011, with musician Michelle Branch claiming to have heard some of the new tracks. Drummer Charley Drayton also told Modern Drummer magazine that he was co-producing the record. The album was not released that spring and Billboard later reported that Epic was not aware of a record. Apple delayed the album’s release until 2012, explaining that she was waiting “until her label found a new president and that she didn’t want her work to be mishandled amid corporate disarray.” In January 2012, after new president LA Reid hinted at new music from Apple, Epic Records announced that the album would be released later that year. Apple announced performances at the South by Southwest Festival and a spring 2012 tour soon after.